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A gold medal is on the line today. Who is the best walker in your class? Walking speed of humans and animals can be modeled by square root functions so move your feet and crown a champion!
In this 21st Century Math Project, you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY*** In all it is three different assignments --
-- In “Walk on the Wild Side”, students will use a biological formula to determine the walking speed of different animals.
-- In “Tortoise and the Hare”, students will continue using the formula, but will be comparing different animal species to see which can walk the fastest. Students will need to convert from metric to standard units or vice versa.
-- In “Walkathon Championship”, students will measure the lengths of their legs with a tape measure and determine their maximum theoretical walking speed.
Either on a track or in a field measure out a distance for a start and finish line (or better yet, have your students do it). A 50 foot track might be about perfect for this. With a stopwatch time the students. They will use this to calculate their actual speed. The student with the closest actual speed to their theoretical speed will win this challenge.
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•Polynomial, Power & Radical Functions
•21st Century Math Projects -- All the Projects
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•21st Century Algebra 2 / Pre-Calculus –- the Entire Curriculum
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Walkathon Championship - Square Root Functions -- Distance Learning Compatible
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Description
A gold medal is on the line today. Who is the best walker in your class? Walking speed of humans and animals can be modeled by square root functions so move your feet and crown a champion!
In this 21st Century Math Project, you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY*** In all it is three different assignments --
-- In “Walk on the Wild Side”, students will use a biological formula to determine the walking speed of different animals.
-- In “Tortoise and the Hare”, students will continue using the formula, but will be comparing different animal species to see which can walk the fastest. Students will need to convert from metric to standard units or vice versa.
-- In “Walkathon Championship”, students will measure the lengths of their legs with a tape measure and determine their maximum theoretical walking speed.
Either on a track or in a field measure out a distance for a start and finish line (or better yet, have your students do it). A 50 foot track might be about perfect for this. With a stopwatch time the students. They will use this to calculate their actual speed. The student with the closest actual speed to their theoretical speed will win this challenge.
You may be interested in the following discounted bundles. SAVE $$$!
•Polynomial, Power & Radical Functions
•21st Century Math Projects -- All the Projects
Need an Entire Curriculum?
•21st Century Algebra 2 / Pre-Calculus –- the Entire Curriculum
#FREECC
For more tips, tricks and ideas check out the Clark Creative Education Blog
And join our community where I post ideas, anecdotes, elaborations & every once in a while I pass out TPT gift cards! And jokes! I do jokes too!
